Bhavani Devi, the sole victim of the Bengaluru bomb blast on Sunday night, was cremated in Triplicane on Tuesday afternoon.
The body was brought by Devi’s kin, escorted by a Bengaluru police team, to her residence on Boo Begam 2 Street in Border Thottam, off Anna Salai, around 10.15 p.m. on Monday.
Devi and her children had gone to Bengaluru on Wednesday for the holidays and stayed at a relative’s place. They were scheduled to return to Chennai on Monday.
On Saturday, Devi, her children and other family members were returning from dinner at a restaurant when a low-intensity device exploded on the street. Devi was seriously injured and taken to hospital where she died later.
The body was cremated at the Krishnampet crematorium in Triplicane around 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday.